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. foreign diplomacy in the Middle East. The team is open to all students with or without debate experience and meets 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Ingram Hall. The team will host a high-school speech and debate tournament on campus Dec. 5-6, and all students are welcome to judge. For more information, contact Eckstein at ecksteja@plu.edu. Read Previous Former PLU Professor’s Legacy Lives On Read Next ‘Operation Thanksgiving Dinner’ COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't

, colleagues say, was a successful grant that brought in money to build a computer laboratory for use in teaching calculus. Bryan’s interest in ancient mathematics led him to new algorithms for computing sines, cosines, and roots (square roots, cube roots, fourth roots, etc.). He incorporated these investigations into his courses and published his work in journals of the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics and the American Math Society. Bryan worked with his wife Celine Dorner – also an emeritus

question, “Who was Jesus?” There is, however, a different question to consider: “Why is Christ?”  Ramshaw’s presentation will focus on four Christological images embedded in ancient texts and contemporary hymns that open up, rather than narrow, the Christian understanding of God. Ramshaw is a graduate of Valparaiso University (B.A.), Sarah Lawrence College (M.A.), Union Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D.). Her doctoral dissertation is a study of the poetry of

“I Like People, Places…and Things!” Posted by: Kendall Jeske / July 17, 2019 Image: Martin Luther Statue in Red Square at PLU on Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. July 17, 2019 ``I like people, places...and things!``Greetings, Friends and Colleagues in Ministry, I bring you greetings in the midst of all the beautiful chaos that summer ministry can hold! As I near the six-month mark of being the Director of Congregational Engagement at Pacific Lutheran University, I have recently taken some time to reflect

September 1, 2009 Knee deep in love When Linnea Olson came down to her top-two college choices, one was near her hometown of Rochester, Minn. Another was across the country in the Pacific Northwest. So, she decided to surprise herself and do something different. She came out west to PLU. Linnea has always loved the outdoors and considers Minnesota one of the more beautiful places she’s been. But when she came to the Pacific Northwest, it was like nothing she imagined. She loves the trees. She

East side where I graduated from Lincoln High School. My life was shaped by the love of my family, too little money and the social upheaval of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. I went to work after high school but eventually decided that I wanted to go to college. However, I could not pay very much for tuition so I started taking classes at community colleges. PLU was the first university to offer me a loan, and that became one of the deciding factors in attending PLU. While our paths

in its design. “They basically just gave me the ground plan and said, ‘What do you need?,’” she said. Back when the costume shop was in the basement, residual costumes from past performances were stored on East Campus. Students would have to hoof costumes through the rain back and forth between the two buildings. Now, an elevator connects the costume shop to storage in the basement, where all of the old costumes are kept. For Macbeth, Anderson is especially excited about the shop’s new dye vat

fossil fuels for its main energy needs any time soon. But that said, he does see a time where natural gas will be just as valuable to the U.S. as oil. And the oil from Alaska gets better marks for being green than almost anywhere else in the world, he noted. “We don’t want to spoil our own nest there,” he said of his home state. “But I think it’s better that we get our oil from Alaska rather than from Brazil or the Middle East.” Read Previous Exploring with Hubble Read Next ‘We have a lot of work to

in its design. “They basically just gave me the ground plan and said, ‘What do you need?,’” she said. Back when the costume shop was in the basement, residual costumes from past performances were stored on East Campus. Students would have to hoof costumes through the rain back and forth between the two buildings. Now, an elevator connects the costume shop to storage in the basement, where all of the old costumes are kept. For Macbeth, Anderson is especially excited about the shop’s new dye vat

June 4, 2009 Celebrating God’s creation and bringing others along STANDING ATOP a mountain with unobstructed views and seeing the contours of valleys below is an awe-inspiring event for Dan Baker. In fact, it is where he relates to God. It is something Baker wants to share. He hopes to inspire youth by helping them explore the same things that inspire him – a chance to see God’s creation in all its glory. One place Baker has found what he’s after is at Camp Luther haven, an ELCA camp near Coeur